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Various views of Universal Pictures studios, backlots, filmmaking, and environs

Description: All 8 x 10-inch black-and-white publicity photographs. All have the imprint: "© Universal Pictures" and a "UC-" photograph number written on the image. Includes images of Carl Laemmle, Lew Wasserman and other personnel, and scenes of the development of Universal City Plaza in 1964.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1916-1980s
Call number: photCL 240
Creator: Dorskind, Albert A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Albert A. Dorskind, 1982, 1991, 1994.
Associated people: Dorskind, Albert A.,
Associated organization: William L. Pereira Associates-Planners-Architects-Engineers,
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Early views of Universal Studios studio personnel and various buildings on the lot [reproductions]

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8 x 10-inch black-and-white publicity photographs chiefly made in the 1970s-1980s of early views. All have the imprint: "© Universal Pictures" and a "UC-" photograph number written on the image.

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Construction views of Universal Studios backlot

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This collection chiefly contains studio-produced press photographs of the development of the Universal Pictures movie studio, MCA-Universal Studios, the Universal Studios Tour, and Universal City in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, 1910s - 1990s. These materials were acquired and collected by Albert A. Dorskind during his tenure as an executive at MCA Inc. While many of the photographs depict locations and events of the 1910s-1960s, they are all 8 x 10-inch reproduction photographs. Views include early filmmaking, street sets and backlots, studio facilities and buildings, personnel (including studio heads Carl Laemmle and Lew Wasserman), and photographs of architectural drawings. The collection includes a portfolio of photographs of concept designs by architects William L. Pereira Associates for the MCA Sheraton Hotel No. 2 (later known as the Sheraton Premiere Hotel) in Universal City; a bound book of photographs of Universal Studios backlot locations; and five VHS-format audiovisual cassette tapes of Universal Studios history and 80th Anniversary celebrations (1985,1994).

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Aerial views of Universal City and Universal Studios, the freeways, and surrounding areas

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8 x 10-inch chiefly black-and-white publicity photographs with imprint: "© Universal Pictures" and a "UC-" photograph number written on the image. Items 151-168 are color photographs.

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Universal City Recreation Development Report

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Photographs, ephemera and bound portfolios

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Various views of Universal Pictures studios, backlots, filmmaking, and environs

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Early views of Universal Studios studio personnel and various buildings on the lot [reproductions]

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